Related%20passage for Menachot 72:11

ת"ר ידך זו שמאל אתה אומר שמאל או אינו אלא ימין תלמוד לומר (ישעיהו מח, יג) אף ידי יסדה ארץ וימיני טפחה שמים ואומר (שופטים ה, כו) ידה ליתד תשלחנה וימינה להלמות עמלים ואומר (תהלים עד, יא) למה תשיב ידך וימינך מקרב חיקך כלה

this may be inferred by an a fortiori argument from the plate.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The plate of gold worn by the High priest upon the forehead upon which were engraved the words: Holy to the Lord (Ex. XXVIII, 36) .');">¹⁸</span> If of the plate, which contains the Divine Name only once, the Torah says, And it shall be always upon his forehead,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ex. XXVIII, 38. lsh');">¹⁹</span> implying that his mind must not be diverted from it; how much more is this to apply to the tefillin which contain the Divine Name so many times! Our Rabbis taught: Thy hand,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Heb. ; in Ex. XIII, 9, and also in a number of other verses, in connection with the tefillin. sh ihnh');">²⁰</span> that is the left hand. You say it is the left hand, but perhaps it is the ri It is written, Yea, My hand hath laid the foundation of the earth, and My right hand hath spread out the heavens.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Isa. XLVIII, 13. Here clearly means the left hand, in contradistinction from , the right hand. This is also seen in the other verses quoted.');">²¹</span> And it is also written, Her hand she put to the tent-pin, and her right hand to the workmen's hammer.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Jud. V, 26.');">²²</span> And it is also written, Why withdrawest Thou Thy hand, even Thy right hand? Draw it out of Thy bosom and consume them.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Psalms LXXIV, 11.');">²³</span>

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